Our industry has an increasingly important role to play in creating the foundation for new business in a broad range of industry sectors in countries all around the world. As Ericsson’s new Chief Technology Officer, it’s my job to keep track of technological advancements on the horizon and leverage them to create new value streams for society, consumers and industries. The challenge is timing, and to see new things in the context of the present without losing sight of history.

I have selected the five trends presented here based on my understanding of the ongoing transformation of the industry, including rapid digitalization, mobilization and continuous technology evolution, and how they affect the future development of network platforms – one of the essential components of the emergent digital economy. At Ericsson, our role is to keep these top trends in sight to guide our innovation, test our limits and ultimately create a thriving market for the next generation of technology.

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STANDARDIZING NARROWBAND ✱TECHNOLOGY T R E N D S ✱✱ TECHNOLOGY T R E N D S
technology
trends driving
innovation
Our industry has an increasingly important role to play in creating the foundation for new
business in a broad range of industry sectors in countries all around the world. As Ericsson’s
new Chief Technology Officer, it’s my job to keep track of technological advancements on
the horizon and leverage them to create new value streams for society, consumers and
industries. The challenge is timing, and to see new things in the context of the present
without losing sight of history.
I have selected the five trends presented here based on my understanding of the ongoing
transformation of the industry, including rapid digitalization, mobilization and continuous
technology evolution, and how they affect the future development of network platforms –
one of the essential components of the emergent digital economy. At Ericsson, our role is to
keep these top trends in sight to guide our innovation, test our limits and ultimately create a
thriving market for the next generation of technology.
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#1
AN ADAPTABLE TECHNOLOGY
BASE
Blending technologies in new
ways to unleash next generation
computational networks
#2
THE DAWN OF TRUE MACHINE
INTELLIGENCE (MI)
Moving from cognitive MI toward
augmented human intelligence
#3
END-TO-END SECURITY AND
IDENTITY FOR THE INTERNET
OF THINGS (IOT)
A holistic approach to trust in all
dimensions
#4
AN EXTENDED DISTRIBUTED
IOT PLATFORM
Acceleration toward a distributed
and connected IoT platform
#5
OVERLAYING REALITY WITH
KNOWLEDGE
Immersive communication
that ties user experience to the
physical world
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by erik ekudden, cto
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